[centralnewyorki]

Originally Posted by bchgirl

I understand the federal government agencies weren't told people were in the convention center. Now come on, the local officials sent people there, so why wasn't someone told? The simple fact of the matter is NO ONE....not the local, state, or federal goverment was prepared for a disaster of this magnitude. Just my 2¢

What I don't understand is how they didn't know?! The local government was definitely wrong in not telling them, but for crying out loud- it was all over the news. Every other minute they were showing the building saying that there were tens of thousands of people in there- doesn't anyone in the federal goverment own a TV? Do any of their family members? That's nearly all we talked about for days in my family!

You're absolutely right, though- government definitely wasn't prepared for this. It's just sad that so many people had to suffer to give them a wake-up call.